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Originally Posted by Papered Over
This is to sit and read with and they can use under observation and also as they get older on their ownsome - I will not be giving them any Android or IPads type tablet device, they are too young and that's falls into computer class and is a non-reflective screen, i.e. backlit.
Imagine budget is no object, so all options are visible.
Yes Kobo is old tech but tbh I preferred the 2006 iLiad, *go figure! 
*Appealing size = A5 or B5, physical size, going back to theilaid it's screen was physically larger even though it had less pixels / lower res, it was closer to A5. |
A5 is about a ten inch device, which is larger than most of the "standard" ereaders. There are a few specialty readers in that size category but I know little about them, other than that it is difficult to get even frontlighting on readers that large. Poke around these fora for threads on large format eink readers.
If you're willing to go down to eight inches and budget is no object, and again because it will be being handled by young (?) children - though you haven't said how young - I suggest looking at the Kobo Forma, if they are available in your country. It has an eight inch screen, a flexible substrate, and is far more open than any Kindle.
I'm still not sure what your concrete objections are to a tablet. When sensibly adjusted and used, a backlight will not mysteriously damage children's eyes any more than any other light, and it has the rather large benefit (if we are talking about young children or graphical materials) of colour.